borõa

See also: boroa

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌸 (*brauþ, “bread”), from Proto-Germanic *braudą (“cooked food, leavened bread”). Alternatively, perhaps from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈɾõ.a/

Noun

borõa f

1. broa (a type of cornbread)
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 55 (facsimile):

     tirallaquel fillagỹna do corpe / criarllo manda de pan mais nõ de borõa.

     Take the child from her body quickly and / have it raised on bread but not broa.

Descendants

• Galician: broa, boroa
• Portuguese: broa, boroa
  • → English: broa